EP1486871A3 - Dispositif de réseau de disques et sa méthode de commande - Google Patents

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EP1486871A3
EP1486871A3 EP04021632A EP04021632A EP1486871A3 EP 1486871 A3 EP1486871 A3 EP 1486871A3 EP 04021632 A EP04021632 A EP 04021632A EP 04021632 A EP04021632 A EP 04021632A EP 1486871 A3 EP1486871 A3 EP 1486871A3
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Eiji Katsurgai
Mikito Ogata
Akira Kurano
Toshihiko Tamiya
Akira Yamamoto
Naoya Takahashi
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/07Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
    • G06F11/08Error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation, e.g. by using checking codes
    • G06F11/10Adding special bits or symbols to the coded information, e.g. parity check, casting out 9's or 11's
    • G06F11/1076Parity data used in redundant arrays of independent storages, e.g. in RAID systems
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    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2211/00Indexing scheme relating to details of data-processing equipment not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00
    • G06F2211/10Indexing scheme relating to G06F11/10
    • G06F2211/1002Indexing scheme relating to G06F11/1076
    • G06F2211/1054Parity-fast hardware, i.e. dedicated fast hardware for RAID systems with parity
    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2211/00Indexing scheme relating to details of data-processing equipment not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00
    • G06F2211/10Indexing scheme relating to G06F11/10
    • G06F2211/1002Indexing scheme relating to G06F11/1076
    • G06F2211/1066Parity-small-writes, i.e. improved small or partial write techniques in RAID systems

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EP04021632A 1996-11-21 1997-11-17 Dispositif de réseau de disques et sa méthode de commande Expired - Lifetime EP1486871B1 (fr)

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JP08310520A JP3133004B2 (ja) 1996-11-21 1996-11-21 ディスクアレイ装置およびその制御方法
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EP97120114A EP0844561B1 (fr) 1996-11-21 1997-11-17 Dispositif de réseau de disques

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